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Broad-headed Skink

Eumeces laticeps

Photo by BradyDindia
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Field Notes

Description:

Lizard found in Virginia measuring about 8 inches.

Habitat:

Mountains of Northwestern Virginia. Living under a cement slab of a raised porch.

Species ID Suggestions

Broad-headed Skink

Eumeces laticeps

Comments (6)

Agreed with Goody, nice job getting a good enough photo of the labial scales to make the ID
And for what it's worth, I think photo #3 would be a great lead image. :-)
After counting the upper labial scales, I'm with daniel5. The broad-headed skink has 5 upper labials anterior to the subocular scale, and after saving images #2 and #3 and zooming in to count, that's what I'm coming up with. http://webiocosm.blogspot.com/2007/04/broadhead-skink.html
Hi Brady, Welcome to Project Noah. What a gorgeous reptile! You can change the ID of the species in 'edit spotting' if you agree with one of the species suggestions!
Could be five lined male skink or a broad head skink. A five lined female would have brighter colors.
That looks like a Five-linked Skink (Eumeces fasciatus). Great picture!
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2012

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